Lankadeepa

Lankadeepa
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Wijeya Newspapers
Founded	1991
Political alignment	Centrist
Language	Sinhala
Headquarters	8 Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo
Circulation	285,000 (Daily Lankadeepa); 580,000 (Sunday Lankadeepa)
Website	http://www.lankadeepa.lk

Lankadeepa (Sinhala: ලංකාදීප) is a daily Sri Lankan Sinhala language newspaper which is owned by Wijeya Newspapers. They were established in 1991.^[1] The chairman of the organisation is Ranjith Wijewardene, the son of D. R. Wijewardena.^[2] The newspaper's coverage includes politics, sports, entertainment and military. The weekend newspaper, named Irida Lankadeepa, is published on Sundays.

Irida Lankadeepa won the SLIM-Nielsen People's Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010 as Sri Lanka's most popular weekend newspaper.^{[citation needed]} Its sister newspapers are The Sunday Times, The Daily Mirror and Tamil Mirror.^[3] Daily Lankadeepa has an average circulation of 285,000 while its Sunday edition 580,000.^[4]^[5]

References

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^ "Wijeya Newspapers Limited". Wijeya Newspapers. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "Sri Lanka Press, Media, TV, Radio, Newspapers". Press Reference. Advameg Inc. 2007. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
^ "Wijeya Newspapers boost its capacity with two more Manugraph Lines". All About Newspapers. Vol. 3, no. 3. New Delhi. July–September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
^ "Sri Lanka media guide". BBC News. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2023.